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Adami was born in In these early years of his
career, Adami's works were expressionistic, but by the time of his second
exhibition in 1964 at Kassel, he had developed a style of painting reminiscent
of French cloisonnism, featuring regions of flat color bordered by black lines.
Adami's subjects were highly stylized and often presented in fragments, as seen
in Telescoping Rooms (1965). In the 1970s, Adami began
to address politics in his art, and incorporated subject matter such as modern
European history, literature, philosophy, and mythology. He became one
the main representative of New Figuration. He develops a style which is caracterized by elaborate drawing, which
color appears to divert, modify or amplify. Adami defines painting as
« a complex proposal, in which previous visual experiences constitute unpredictable
combinationsâ. The figurative
aspect of his works proceeds from a reconstruction of perception aiming at an
appropriation of images and not at a direct reference to perceived reality. The works of his most
recent period are perhaps his most interesting and attractive. They demonstrate
his desire, as recounted in Jane Kramer's "Letter from Europe" in the
May 14, 1984 issue of The New Yorker magazine, to reawaken civilizationâs
desire for a space to dream and to fantasize by revivifying the myths of
Western culture and history, peopling his works with characters from Ovidian
scenes and other fictive moments that might enable us to once again, renewed,
begin the search for the springs of sexuality, desire, beauty, and creativity. From 1985 to 1998, there
were four retrospective exhibits of Adami's work in Paris, the Centre
Julio-Gonzalez de Valence ( Since 2005, Adami is represented at Galerie Templon, Paris. |